Suburb profile
Katherine East NT 0850
Katherine East is located in the Outback Northern Territory region of the Northern Territory, postcode 0850. It has 1,658 properties across 56 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Katherine East, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Katherine East
Katherine East, NT 0850, sits in Outback Northern Territory and neighbours Katherine South, Lansdowne, Uralla and Katherine. Its 56 streets hold 1,658 properties, 1,342 of them houses and 316 units.
Census figures are for the Katherine area, which covers the whole suburb. It had 9,658 residents, a median age of 33 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,111 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month and the median rent $295 a week. Of 2,862 dwellings, 2,213 were separate houses, 432 semi-detached and 53 flats, with 73 other; 447 were owned outright, 700 owned with a mortgage and 1,513 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Katherine East
- 9,658Peoplelive in the area
- 33Median ageyears
- $2,111Median household incomea week
- $295Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,213
- Townhouses and semis432
- Flats and apartments53
- Other73
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,625a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Katherine East
Casuarina Street Primary School
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MacFarlane Primary School
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Katherine High School
GovernmentSecondary
Streets in Katherine East
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Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.